Meg 2: the truth about the extinct mega shark – and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists

A paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies.

Jack Cooper, Doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, Swansea University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2023 ~7 min

Meg 2: a paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies

Megalodons are extinct and not as large as The Meg makes them out to be but they were pretty impressive apex predators.

Jack Cooper, Doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, Swansea University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2023 ~7 min


Brady Weissbourd named Klingenstein-Simons Fellow

Three-year fellowship will support Weissbourd’s research on how the C. hemisphaerica jellyfish survives and thrives by constantly making new neurons.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
July 20, 2023 ~3 min

COVID-19 came from animals. Why aren’t we working to prevent new scourge?

New research finds threat not just in foreign lands, live markets in U.S. enormous, largely unregulated.

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 19, 2023 ~10 min

How a surfing sea otter revealed the dark side of human nature

In California, surfers say an otter is hassling them and stealing their surfboards. But does she really deserve recapture and life in captivity?

Patricia MacCormack, Professor of Continental Philosophy, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
July 18, 2023 ~6 min

Male rhesus macaques often have sex with each other – a trait they have inherited in part from their parents

Most of the males in a Puerto Rican monkey colony engaged in homosexual activity, a new study reveals.

Vincent Savolainen, Professor of Organismic Biology, Imperial College London • conversation
July 13, 2023 ~7 min

UK organisations release annual statistics for use of animals in research

The ten organisations in Great Britain that carry out the highest number of animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary and scientific research –

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 13, 2023 ~5 min

Unborn babies use ‘greedy’ gene from dads to ‘remote-control’ mums into feeding them extra food

A study in mice has found that fetuses use a copy of a gene inherited from their dad to force their mum to release as much nutrition as possible during

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 11, 2023 ~6 min


Offshore windfarms could offer new habitats for lobsters – new research

New research shows European lobsters are using the deposits of rocks and boulders at the base of wind turbines as shelter.

David Wilcockson, Reader in Biological Sciences, Aberystwyth University • conversation
July 11, 2023 ~6 min

We found 176 bird species using human-made materials in their nests – new research

It appears to be widespread among all sorts of different birds.

Zuzanna Jagiello, Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw • conversation
July 10, 2023 ~6 min

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